A language is a system of symbols and the rules by which they are manipulated.

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magazine article: Cornish: "In the first lesson of any language course you'll probably learn a mini dialogue like this. You'll find the translation at the end of this article, but can you guess what it means?" Read article

magazine article: The Meaning of Tingo: "I recently found a book by the writer Adam Jacot de Boinod called The Meaning Of Tingo.  As a native speaker of English, I was a bit confused. I had never heard of this word “tingo”, and was curious about the title of the book. " Read article

word games: Foreign words. There are many words we use in English that come from or are adapted from other languages. Match words to their languages of origin. Play game (1) and game (2)

story: Funny Signs. Sometimes speakers of other languages do their best to try and help English speakers by making signs in English. The results are sometimes surprising, to say the least! Read story

cartoon: "I don't seem to be very good at learning foreign languages." "Why don't you try Russian?" See cartoon

trivia: Quotes: "England and America are two countries separated by the same language." (George Bernard Shaw) See more languages trivia

poll: "What is your first language?" See results

links: Wikipedia: language portal See more links

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